Filatima albilorella

Filatima albilorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Texas.[1][2]

Filatima albilorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. albilorella
Binomial name
Filatima albilorella
(Zeller, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia albilorella Zeller, 1873
  • Gelechia trifasciella Chambers, 1875

The length of the forewings is 6 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with three distinct oblique white fascia, one about the basal fourth, one about the middle, and one just before the cilia, the first and third being frequently obsolete or interrupted in the middle.[3] Adults are on wing from March to September.[4]

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